scientific method

Willis F. Overton – Relationism and Relational Developmental Systems: A Paradigm for Developmental Science in the Post-Cartesian Era

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This article is actually a book chapter from Embodiment and Epigenesis: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Understanding the Role of Biology within the Relational Developmental System (Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Vol. 44), edited by In R. M. Lerner & J. B. Benson (2013). The article is posted by the author at Research Gate. … Read more

Proof of Precognition or Statistical Manipulation?

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In 2011, a widely publicized study by Daryl Bem claimed evidence of precognition (Bem, 2011). The article was widely reported in the popular press, but widely dismissed in the scientific research world due to questions about the statistical approach applied in testing these effects (Bem et al., 2011; Rouder and Morey, 2011; Wagenmakers et al., … Read more